Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Air Quality

Denny Farrell: Less Traffic and Pollution? No Thanks.

By Brad Aaron | Mar 3, 2008 | 17 Comments

Just two of the 17 members of the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission, Assemblymen Richard Brodsky and Herman “Denny” Farrell, voted against the revised congestion pricing plan that now awaits approval by the City Council and state legislators, all of which must happen by March 31 if the city is to receive $354 million in federal […]

Assemblyman Hevesi Clarifies Transit “Money Grab” Comment

By Brad Aaron | Feb 26, 2008 | 12 Comments

Following our post yesterday about a newspaper article in which Andrew Hevesi was quoted as calling congestion pricing "a money grab to pay for mass transit," Streetsblog got a call from the Queens assemblyman’s office. Aide Ashley Pillsbury wanted us to know that, while Hevesi is opposed to congestion pricing, he is a supporter of […]

We Are Breathing Oil in Our Big Cities

By Jason Varone | Feb 20, 2008 | 4 Comments

In three different studies presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science‘s annual meeting in Boston last weekend, researchers "provided mounting evidence that air pollution can both increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in the long-term and induce heart attacks within hours of traffic exposure." While the studies have yet to be released […]

Testify! Public Hearings on Congestion Pricing Tonight

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 24, 2008 | 7 Comments

I’ve been accused of "droning on" about congestion pricing here on Streetsblog, and not just by hostile commenters. Even Mark Gorton, our publisher, has mentioned that he’s sick of reading about it. Still, we continue to spill all of this ink over congestion pricing because it is far and away the most important game in […]

Bloomberg Touches on Safe Streets, Pricing in State of the City

By Ben Fried | Jan 18, 2008 | 5 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg delivered his seventh State of the City Address yesterday morning at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The speech had several nuggets of news and info related to livable streets issues. Touting the good news from 2007, the Mayor noted that New York City’s streets are getting safer: In 2007, we made the safest big […]

Carrion Gets $30K Donation Following Yanks Walkway Deal

By Brad Aaron | Nov 29, 2007 | 1 Comment

The Village Voice is reporting that Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion received $30,000 in campaign contributions from a firm that scored a $5 million air rights agreement for a pedestrian bridge to the new Yankee Stadium. Last summer the city agreed to pay $5 million to construct part of a pedestrian walkway to the new […]

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